Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800340
Category:	General
Title:	Gale EVP_VerifyFinal() Security Bypass Vulnerability
Summary:	Gale is prone to a security bypass vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Gale is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is due to improper validation of return value in EVP_VerifyFinal function of openssl. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to bypass the certificate validation checks and can cause spoofing attacks via signature checks on DSA and ECDSA keys used with SSL/TLS. Affected Software/OS: Gale version 0.99 and prior on Linux. Solution: No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0047 Bugtraq: 20090107 [oCERT-2008-016] Multiple OpenSSL signature verification API misuses (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499827/100/0/threaded http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0046
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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